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Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of Ticket #43495, comment 8

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 > a complete change of philosophy for WP in regard to versioning, backward compatibility, patches, minor updates, etc.
-> moving to a versioning system where we explicitly make breaking changes
 I don't think SemVer forces either of these things. A dedication to backwards compatibility is a philosophy, not a versioning system. A versioning system is simply a standardized means of communication that (and this is important) an automated system can understand.
 Let's assume WordPress had never broken backwards compatibility. 5.6.1 would have, rather, been 1.39.1. And there's nothing wrong with that! SemVer doesn't care. With the block editor, we'd more realistically be looking at 2.6.1, but the point is that whatever number you arrive at, it's simply a result of your philosophy and practices.
+> moving to a versioning system where we explicitly make breaking changes
+I would prefer explicit communication, myself.
 > This is also in opposition of the ultimate goal of auto-updating all WordPress releases, not just the minor ones.